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Unlike the other lions, Scar's claws are always displayed throughout the movie.	D
Before Rowan Atkinson was cast as Zazu, many other British comedy actors were considered for the rol [...]	D
Adult Simba's mane was supposedly inspired by Jon Bon Jovi's hair.	D
(At around 1h 21 mins) If you look closely at Zazu as Simba comes down to greet his subjects after t [...]	D
Nathan Lane plays the character Timon in this movie. Timon is the vegetable known as cucumber which [...]	D
(at around 18 mins) While recording the scene where Simba gets pinned down by Nala, Jonathan Taylor [...]	D
The languages in this film include Zulu and Kiswahili (commonly known as Swahili, which is actually [...]	D
During the song "Be Prepared", two hyenas wave skeletons of creatures, creating shadow images of the [...]	D
Jeremy Irons came prepared with cigarettes for his voice recordings. He was smoking including during [...]	D
Despite popular fan theories about the Kings of the Past drying up the Pridelands directing Nala int [...]	D
The team working on the film was supposedly Disney's "team B," who were "kept busy" while "team A" w [...]	D
Linda Woolverton was the original screenwriter of Il Re Leone (1994). She was virtually exhausted fr [...]	D
The third Walt Disney Animation Studios film to not feature any humans, after Bambi (1942) and Robin [...]	D
Directors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff watched the films of Leni Riefenstahl and David Lean for insp [...]	D
(at around 1h 12 mins) The line, "What do you want me to do, dress in drag and do the hula?" was imp [...]	D
The highest grossing film of 1994 worldwide and the second highest in the U.S. behind Forrest Gump ( [...]	D
(at around 25 mins) In the end of the scene where Mufasa explains to Simba that the stars are old ki [...]	D
Filmmaker James Mangold, who had worked for Disney on Oliver & Company (1988), was offered a cameo r [...]	D
The first Disney animated film to be dubbed into Portuguese in Portugal rather than Brazil.	D
(at around 12 mins) In the first conversation between Scar and Simba, Simba comments to Scar, "You'r [...]	D
There was a character cut from the film: a gorilla who was of some threat to Simba while he is still [...]	D
Timon and Pumbaa were originally supposed to be friends of Simba from the very start.	D
Pumbaa is larger than Timon, in real life Nathan Lane (Timon) is an inch and one half taller at 5'6� [...]	D
Several Disney animators went to Africa to study animal behavior and interaction in the wild. A grow [...]	D
Scar suffers from the seven deadly sins. He believes himself to be deserving of power. He also refus [...]	D
In the German language version, when Zazu is launched into the air by the "birdie boiler", his screa [...]	D
The last Disney film to be supervised by Jeffrey Katzenberg before he left to form DreamWorks.	D
Voted number 1 in Cuatro's (Spain) "Tu pelÃcula Disney"	D
Shenzi the hyena's full name is Shenzi Marie Predatora Veldeta Jauqelena Hyena (at least according t [...]	D
When Rafiki cracks open the fruit before discovering that Simba is alive is a reminiscent of when he [...]	D
The book 'A Tale of Two Brothers', released in 1994 (which explores the life of a much younger Mufas [...]	D
HIDDEN MICKEY: (at around 46 mins) One of the bugs that Timon pulls out of a knothole during Hakuna [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Ameri [...]	D
Simba is the first animated Disney character to have a villain as a biological relative, followed by [...]	D
Sir Elton John and Sir Tim Rice were a little shocked when they saw that the producers originally in [...]	D
James Earl Jones (King Mufasa) and Madge Sinclair (Queen Sarabi) also played an African King and Que [...]	D
(at around 29 mins) During "Be Prepared," the hyenas' marching past Scar on the elevated rock was in [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of the top 100 America's Greatest Music in th [...]	D
Along with "Hamlet" Lion King is more than a little similar to Bambi (1942). Both begin and end with [...]	D
Scar was the very first character to speak in both the film and Lion King franchise right after Simb [...]	D
Disney animators traveled to Hell's Gate National Park in Kenya to study the wildlife and fauna.	D
The original intention for 2 of the hyenas was to reunite Cheech & Chong, but while Cheech Marin acc [...]	D
There is a lost verse of "Hakuna Matata" that was storyboarded which explained Timon's situation. It [...]	D
The irony of the hyenas goose-stepping as Scar presides is ironic in light of the German dub. Thomas [...]	D
(at around 39 mins) The scenes of the hyenas chasing Simba out of the Pridelands and into the desert [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
Jonathan Taylor Thomas' back was drummed on in the scene where Simba and Nala slide down a rib-cage [...]	D
Hans Zimmer got the main composer gig because of two other African-themed films he had scored - La f [...]	D
Jeremy Irons had at first refused the role due to not being comfortable going from the dramatic perf [...]	D
Rik Mayall was asked by Tim Rice, one of the film's songwriters, to audition for the roles of Banzai [...]	D
When the animators were drawing Simba, they wanted a little twist for his appearance and personality [...]	D
This is the only film in the Walt Disney Animation canon released in the 1990s where Frank Welker is [...]	D
Development on the project first began in 1988.	D
The close relationship between Timon and Pumbaa is based on fact. In the wild, meerkats often stay c [...]	D
Two major actors of the Disney-ABC TV show Quell'uragano di papÃ (1991) appeared in two different [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 Ameri [...]	D
In the musical, Timon dances the charleston instead of the hula. This was because a cloche hat was e [...]	D
The Lion King is the last Walt Disney Animation Studios feature (as well as the last Disney film ove [...]	D
The idea of an English majordomo, which had been previously tried twice for Sebastian in La sirenett [...]	D
The original opening to the film was supposed to have been a quiet dialogue-heavy sequence. When com [...]	D
Directors Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers cited the documentary National Geographic Specials: Eternal E [...]	D
Rafiki's species, the mandrill, is one of the few species that aren't native to Sub-Saharan Africa. [...]	D
Production was affected by the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which shut off the studio and required th [...]	D
Scar's death is perhaps one of the most graphic Disney deaths ever, even with the flames obscuring t [...]	D
James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Ray Liotta were considered for the role of Scar.	D
Jeremy Irons and Whoopi Goldberg both won acting Oscars in the same year for their roles in Il miste [...]	D
Production took place at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Glendale, California, and Disney-MGM Studi [...]	D
Out of the film's main characters, Zazu is the only one who isn't a mammal, as well as Pumbaa and Ra [...]	D
Hans Zimmer's first score for an animated film.	D
Initially, Rowan Atkinson was hesitant about taking the role of Zazu due to his preference for physi [...]	D
This film was Gregory Peck's favorite animated film; he also ranked it in his top five all time favo [...]	D
For Il Re Leone (1994)'s first film trailer, Disney opted to feature a single scene, the entire open [...]	D
The lyric for the opening chant of "The Circle of Life" are: "Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba / Sithi u [...]	D
Il Re Leone (1994) marks the second time that Cheech Marin had appeared in a Disney animated film, t [...]	D
The Italian version of this song, "Siate pronti!" ("Be Prepared"), has a transaltion error: when Ban [...]	D
(at around 6 mins) Near the start of the film Mufasa asks Scar if he is going to challenge him. In r [...]	D
In a recent interview with HelloGiggles, "The Lion King" producer Don Hahn claimed that Mufasa and S [...]	D
The best-selling home video of all time, with more than 55 million copies sold to date.	D
Timon riding Pumbaa out of a desert mirage in a manner very reminiscent of Don Quixote.	D
Although all of the animals are obviously anthropomorphic in the film, hyenas (as the villainous cha [...]	D
The plot is loosely based upon William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", as well as the biblical stories of Mo [...]	D
Simba and Scar were animated on separate coasts of the US. Andreas Deja, Scar's lead animator, was w [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]	D
Disney's 34th animated feature.	D
Stars two Oscar winners: Jeremy Irons and Whoopi Goldberg, and one Oscar nominee: James Earl Jones.	D
The first Disney cartoon to be dubbed into Zulu for its African release.	D
Despite repeated allegations of plagiarism of the Tezuka Productions' TV series Kimba, il leone bian [...]	D
The wildebeest stampede took Disney's CG department approximately three years to animate. A new comp [...]	D
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton were approached to write the film, but both turned it down as they were [...]	D
Dedicated to Frank Wells, the Disney president, who had been killed in a helicopter crash three mont [...]	D
Originally the Hula dance with Timon was going to be a La febbre del sabato sera (1977)-like disco d [...]	D
During the stampede scene as Scar grabs Mufasa's paws, his claws leave cuts on them (which disappear [...]	D
The highest grossing traditionally animated film of all time.	D
Ed's behavior may suggest that he has brain damage or is mentally challenged. However, in The Lion G [...]	D
The main locations for the film, including Pride Rock and the Gorge, are modeled after Hell's Gate N [...]	D
Nala's mother is named Sarafina. The name is never used in the film; however, it does appear in the [...]	D
Jason Weaver, who provided the singing voice of young Simba, was almost hired to do the character's [...]	D
The character animators studied real-life animals for reference, as was done for the 1942 Disney fil [...]	D
Rowan Atkinson once interviewed Sir Elton John during one of his stand-up comedy shows in the 80s.	D
Frank Welker provided all the lion roars. Not a single recording of an actual lion roaring was used [...]	D
Pumbaa the Warthog was the first character in Disney films to exhibit flatulence.	D
Originally Mufasa was to never appear after his death, but producers felt Simba needed a reason to g [...]	D
After production was wrapped up from Disney, Matthew Broderick was later considered to play Stan Pod [...]	D
Mufasa was to sing a song titled "To Be King", but it didn't suit James Earl Jones' singing voice.	D
It is said that for the role of Adult Simba they we're also considered or offered the role but rejec [...]	D
Some of the vocalizations for Mufasa were recycled from that of the Beast from La bella e la bestia [...]	D
"The Lion King" is very similar to a story almost unknown to Western culture but one of the most bel [...]	D
In the soundtrack's lyric booklet of "Be Prepared", the line "You won't get a sniff without me!" was [...]	D
With Robert Guillaume passing away in 2017 this had been the only theatrically released animated fil [...]	D
Rafiki is the only character to not have an American or English accent, and has an accent native to [...]	D
The first of two times where James Earl Jones voices a Disney movie. He would do so again in Rogue O [...]	D
The song "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" has a sad irony to it. Simba sings it the day before Mufasa [...]	D
This the only Disney film along with the remake in which two brothers die namely Mufusa and Scar. Ic [...]	D
When he signed onto the film, Matthew Broderick (Adult Simba) thought this was an American version o [...]	D
In the German dub, Uwe Paulsen was originally cast as Zazu. Shortly before the premiere, Zazu's line [...]	D
The view of Mount Kilimanjaro at the beginning of the film is as it appears from the north, from the [...]	D
Film debut of Jonathan Taylor Thomas.	D
An alternate version of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", a comic version to be sung by Timon and Pum [...]	D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.	D
The character Scar is pictured on one of ten USA nondenominated commemorative postage stamps celebra [...]	D
Both Mufasa and Scar fall from great heights (Mufasa-gorge, Scar-top of Pride Rock) yet Scar survive [...]	D
Jeremy Irons (Scar) and Ernie Sabella (Pumbaa) share a birthday (September 19), one year apart. Thei [...]	D
(at around 1h 3 mins) The song that Rafiki sings, "Asante sana, squash banana, wewe nugu mimi hapana [...]	D
Tim Curry was originally set to voice Scar but quit to make Mamma, ho riperso l'aereo: Mi sono smarr [...]	D
Many fans have described Mufasa's death as one of the saddest and most traumatizing moments of any f [...]	D
Last film for Madge Sinclair before her death one year later.	D
(at around 29 mins) Jim Cummings (voice of Ed the Hyena in this film) had to fill in for Jeremy Iron [...]	D
(at around 52 mins) There have been rumors that when Simba collapses on the cliff after talking with [...]	D
When Simba is a cub, he refers to Mufasa as "Dad." However, when he is a young adult, he refers to h [...]	D
When Scar is signing along to 'Lovely Bunch of Coconuts' with Zazu, he holds up a baboon skull and m [...]	D
(at around 1h 12 mins) The music of the little song Timon performs for the hyenas ("LUAU!") is a fas [...]	D
The second Disney animated theatrical release since Bambi to show the main protagonist lose a parent [...]	D
In one episode of Quell'uragano di papÃ (1991), Randy (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) says that he alway [...]	D
Walt Disney Animation Studios' seventh film to be scored by a non-recurring composer, in this case w [...]	D
Male hyenas are chased out of their birth clans at maturity, and join another clan. Females, especia [...]	D
Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane would later appear together in The Producers - Una gaia commedia n [...]	D
In the Italian dub, the voices of Timon and Pumbaa (Tonino Accolla and Ermavilo, the latter credited [...]	D
While based on Hamlet the film also borrows elements from the bible. Scar killing Mufasa is directly [...]	D
German-born Hans Zimmer called in the services of his South African friend, Lebo M., to help provide [...]	D
Voted number six in channel 4's (UK) "Greatest Family Films".	D
The original concept for the production design was to stylize the backgrounds to invoke the colorful [...]	D
The German dubbing voices of little Simba (singing voice) and Nala would later go on to dub Bilbo Ba [...]	D
In early drafts, Scar was a rogue lion with no relation to Mufasa. Eventually, however, the story wr [...]	D
Matthew Broderick's first theatrically released animated film. Later he'd go onto voice Adam Flayman [...]	D
In 2016, the film was inducted into the National Film Registry, being deemed "culturally, historical [...]	D
Scriptwriters envisioned Sean Connery as the voice of Mufasa.	D
When the hyenas put Zazu into the little geyser and launch him into orbit. Simba says to them "Why d [...]	D
This is the second film in which James Earl Jones (Mufasa) and Madge Sinclair (Sarabi) perform toget [...]	D
Besides inspirations from William Shakespeare's Amleto (1990), the story also has elements of the Os [...]	D
(at around 45 mins) In the song "Hakuna Matata", when Pumbaa is telling his story and how he thought [...]	D
Originally, Scar was going to send Nala as a fully grown lion away from Pride Rock because she ignor [...]	D
The shot of Simba's paws walking up Pride Rock at the end of the film was animated by producer Don H [...]	D
Originally the film was going to be about a conflict between lions and baboons, and Scar was going t [...]	D
In "The Lion King", Timon is the only character who stands and walks on his back feet (while meerkat [...]	D
This film bears several similarities to The Land Before Time (1988). In Land Before Time, there's a [...]	D
One of Sir Elton John's demands was that one of the film's songs had to be a love ballad that had po [...]	D
[June 2008] Ranked #4 on the American Film Institute's list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "A [...]	D
The unnamed hyenas in the film did not have pupils in some scenes, causing them to look far more der [...]	D
Scar apparently hates the song "It's a Small World", as he tells Zazu "No, no. Anything but that" wh [...]	D
Don Bluth - a former Disney animator - also made an animated feature that year about a banished prin [...]	D
The Broadway production of "The Lion King" opened at the New Amsterdam Theater on October 15, 1997, [...]	D
Several character names are based on Swahili words: Simba - lion, Nala - gift, Sarabi - mirage, Rafi [...]	D
"The Lion King" opened on Broadway in 1997. The musical garnered six Tony Awards including Best Musi [...]	D
Patrick Bergin, Alan Rickman and Dieter Laser were also considered for the role of Scar.	D
When Simba and Nala are attacked by the hyenas and are climbing up a mountain of bones, Nala starts [...]	D
The soundtrack album was the fourth most successful album of 1994.	D
(at around 1h 22 mins) At the end of the film when Simba looks up to the stars and hears "Remember", [...]	D
The original script included several characters which were cut. There was another lion cub named Mee [...]	D
Pumbaa is called a "pig" by both Timon and Simba but does not react negatively either time, most lik [...]	D
Hans Zimmer originally hesitated at the idea of composing music for a children's animated film, but [...]	D
Shenzi's position as leader of the hyenas is very like that of real life- real spotted hyenas are ma [...]	D
At the time of its production, many at Disney had high hopes for Pocahontas (1995) and deemed the co [...]	D
One of the considered titles was "King of the Beasts".	D
Pumbaa's flatulence is actually Ernie Sabella zerberting on his hand (pressing his mouth on his hand [...]	D
Originally, Scar's minions were going to be cape dogs but were changed to spotted hyenas because cap [...]	D
Virginia McKenna, Helen Mirren and Vanessa Redgrave were considered for the voice of Sarabi.	D
(at around 8 mins) Where you first see Simba as a young cub going to wake up Mufasa, Mufasa says to [...]	D
(at around 11 mins) The groundhog that pops up after Simba's pouncing lesson (the song "Morning Repo [...]	D
One of three Disney films to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture. The other two are La [...]	D
Originally titled "King of the Jungle", it was supposed to be about African lions living in the jung [...]	D
When writer Irene Mecchi came on board, she was told that the story pitch was "Bambi (1942) in Afric [...]	D
This is the first Disney animated feature to not be based off any already existing work.	D
Premiered at the famed Radio City Music Hall in New York City.	D
No one in any of the films, other than himself, refers to Rafiki by his name. They either call him " [...]	D
Liam Neeson and Timothy Dalton were both considered for the role of Mufasa, but later turned it down [...]	D
When doing the scene when Mufasa dies Jonathan Taylor Thomas took several takes. After one take a di [...]	D
The method Scar uses to assassinate Mufasa is identical to that which Mowgli used to kill Shere Khan [...]	D
In the German dub, instead of "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts", Zazu sings "Sur le pont d'Avign [...]	D
The first animated feature to have an audio commentary on its DVD release.	D
During the early stages of production, the film's climax had a different ending. After their battle [...]	D
In 2005, AMC Theatres made a cell phone policy trailer in a style of a trailer to a 2D animated film [...]	D
A different version of "Hakuna Matata" was recorded by Jimmy Cliff along with Lebo M.. It was a regg [...]	D
Rowan Atkinson (Zazu) didn't know the lyrics to "it's a small world." he had to learn and practice t [...]	D
The idea for "The Lion King" was conceived in late 1988 during a conversation between Jeffrey Katzen [...]	D
Joe Pesci was offered to do the voice of Banzai or Timon, but turned both of the roles down due to s [...]	D
A few weeks before the film opened, Sir Elton John was given a special screening. Noticing that the [...]	D
An extra song for Timon and Pumbaa, Warthog Rhapsody, was written by Sir Elton John and Sir Tim Rice [...]	D
George Scribner was the film's original director.	D
Tim Curry and Malcolm McDowell were both considered for the role of Scar.	D
The Italian pop version of the song "Circle of Life", sung in Italian by Ivana Spagna, was a major h [...]	D
There is a strong theory that Nala is actually Simba's half sister. Considering Mufusa is the leader [...]	D
Nearly 20 minutes of the film were animated at the Disney-MGM Studios. Ultimately, more than 600 art [...]	D
Scar has many similaries to Prince John from the 1973 animated film Robin Hood. Both villains are li [...]	D
The Legacy Collection soundtrack was released on June 24, 2014 to coincide with the film's 20th anni [...]	D
Throughout the film, Simba's singing voice is provided by rock vocalist Joseph Williams in place of [...]	D
Nathan Lane, who does the voice of Timon would later go onto voice Snowbell in the Stuart Little fra [...]	D
According to Robert Guillaume, Rafiki's Swahili-accented voice was partially created via a failed at [...]	D
Jeremy Irons was reluctant to lend his voice as Scar, until he saw the animation and fell in love wi [...]	D
In the special edition release, the crew had to hire a new actor to voice Young Simba singing for th [...]	D
Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella were originally cast as the hyenas Banzai and Shenzi (played by Whoopi [...]	D
In the Dutch-dubbed version of the film, Timon and Pumbaa's voices are spoken in Flemish, a variatio [...]	D
This is the first and the only Disney animated movie where a father character dies. This wouldn't ha [...]	D
It is, as of December 2019, the only Disney film to have been dubbed in Zulu, the only African langu [...]	D
The premiere for the IMAX version of the film in New York had a strange request on the invitations: [...]	D
Matthew Broderick (Simba) and Nathan Lane (Timon) only saw each other once during production and tha [...]	D
When Pumba challenges the hyenas in the cave, he demands respect by angrily declaring, "They call me [...]	D
In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Cong [...]	D
More than 600 animators, artists and technicians worked on the film.	D
Pumba appears as a gargoyle in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.	D
Oliver & Company (1988) director George Scribner was the initial director of the film, being later j [...]	D
For its Platinum Edition DVD release, a new song was recorded and animated. "The Morning Report" was [...]	D
While the hyenas in the movie are referred to as scavengers, real spotted hyenas are actually quite [...]	D
This film held the record for being the highest grossing animated film of all time, until it was sur [...]	D
The animators were so impressed with Jeremy Irons's performance that they worked Irons' features int [...]	D
Sir Tim Rice's first collaborator idea for the film was Benny Andersson and BjÃ¶rn Ulvaeus from AB [...]	D

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